Arachne Press has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ writers, and our first anthology of LGBTQ+ poetry Joy//Us, was something of a hit! It was a strange moment, publishing joyful poems, that celebrated all that is best about our community/ies and lives. Times have moved on fast and here we are now with Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance. So what is that? Coming out as Queer Resistance! Living bold as Queer Resistance! Pushing back as Queer Resistance! Shouting out as Queer Resistance!

featuring poems from

Abhi

Abu Leila

Alyson Hallett

Arun Jeetoo

Carmina Masoliver

Cherry Potts

Claire Hennessy

Conway Emmett

Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez

David Wakely

Deviji RM Jaan

Donna Nì Conor

Elizabeth Gibson

Ella Otomewo

Em Gray

Emily Hay

Eve Xin

Finnley Kneller

Gwenhwyfar Ferch Rhys

Heather Chapman

Jamie Fearn

Jane Aldous

Jeremy Dixon

Joshua Linney

Kate Foley

Khush

Maria Jastrzebska

Mel Chilekwa

Mohammed Barber

Nathan Evans

P Burton-Morgan

Paz Kaiba

Rab Green

Rachael Clyne

Rachel Brook

Rachel Cain

Rick Dove

Robert Hamberger

Robin Campbell

Rowan Carteret

Simon Maddrell

Steph Morris

Teddy Mills

Vron McIntyre

Zo Copeland

Showing up as Queer Resistance! Knowing history as Queer Resistance! Doing the work as Queer Resistance! Politics as Queer Resistance! Creativity as Queer Resistance! The exclamation mark as Queer Resistance! Now is the time for Queer Resistance!